xi, 227 pages : 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-227)

Introduction: a history of slavery in the Western world -- Enslavement: "Death's gwineter lay his cold icy hands on me" -- The middle passage: "God's a-guineter trouble de water" -- Arrival: "Dere's no hidin' place down here" -- Conditions of life: "We raise de wheat, dey gib us de corn" -- Childhood: "Like a motherless child" -- Family: "Nobody knows de trouble I see" -- Religion: "Go home to my blord and be free" -- Punihsment: "Oppressed so hard they could not stand" -- Resistance: "My lord says he's gwineter rain dwon fire" -- Flight: "Follow the drinkin' gourd" -- Emancipation: "The walls come tumblin' down"

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